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Freelance educational psychologist Mainly here for all things #edpsychs and #edusky (But maybe also some pop culture, politics, nature, 90s nostalgia, travel and cheese!)
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Interesting thread in the light of ‘school readiness’ articles today. Can any of my followers shed light on Kindred Squared?

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

I'm doing a free giveaway to celebrate the publication of my latest book! Like and repost to enter (UK only). Winner announced on Sunday. See the link below to find out more about the book. #freebie #giveaway

submitted 48 days ago • 13 comments

Well that was crackin’. Genuine. #GavinandStacey Merry Christmas blueskyers

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Me: *stunned by the final episode of Wolf Hall, opens Bluesky to praise it* Bluesky:

submitted 73 days ago • 2 comments

Any help on this from #edusky or #thisisAP also appreciated!

submitted 73 days ago • 3 comments

We’re almost there #edpsychs! Can anyone recommend a podcast or reading around psychologists working in #PRUsAP or SEMH settings?

submitted 73 days ago • 3 comments

Love this - and imagining other #edpsychs also pondering cultural fairness when doing their daily NYT puzzle!

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

‘Simply sit with me in the dark…’ Dr Natalie Carpenter on the empathy and connection needed to bear the unbearable. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

submitted 94 days ago • 2 comments

Mesmerising performance of the Lehman Trilogy today. ‘We get them to spend money they don’t have on things they don’t need’

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

“The number of children falling into SEND labels is overwhelming, but what if it is not the child but the system? What if we caused this?”

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.

submitted 101 days ago • 792 comments

Great to see more #edpsychs joining Bluesky every day! Please write a bio or post letting us know you’re an EP (or TEP/AsEP/psych grad) to encourage following back 😄

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Right then. I think we've reached a watershed point in the waging of culture wars, and Conservatives ought to see it, and act on it. I wrote this today: What kind of person would drag autistic children into the culture wars? The Kemi Badenoch kind www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 136 days ago • 31 comments

schoolsweek.co.uk/solving-the-...

submitted 160 days ago • 0 comments

Powerful parent testimony. System reform and culture change needed, so it was good to hear the recent open letter from the AEP and others referred to #edpsychs

submitted 170 days ago • 1 comment

NEW POST: The SEND “Emergency” debate: scrap safety valve, write-off high needs debt and stop piling trauma on to families- a recap of what happened in Richard Burgon parliamentary debate www.specialneedsjungle.com/send-emergen...

submitted 174 days ago • 0 comments

Hoping the #TwitterEPs can recreate something special here #edpsychs

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